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California earthquakes: How information shaped experience across eras.
Documenting Aftermath
Information Infrastructures in the Wake of Disasters
- Paperback
280 pages
- Release Date
23 July 2024
Summary
An examination of how changing public information infrastructures shaped people’s experience of earthquakes in Northern California in 1868, 1906, and 1989.
When an earthquake happens in California today, residents may look to the United States Geological Survey for online maps that show the quake’s epicenter, turn to Twitter for government bulletins and the latest news, check Facebook for updates from friends and family, and count on help from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262552752 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262552752 |
| Author: | Megan Finn |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 280 |
| Release Date: | 23 July 2024 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
| Series: | Infrastructures |
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About The Author
Megan Finn
Megan Finn is Assistant Professor in the Information School at the University of Washington, Seattle.
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